On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:32:40 +0300 d_ba...@012.net.il wrote: > ----- Original Message -----From: d_ba...@012.net.ilDate: Wednesday, October > 21, 2015 11:18 amSubject: Re: System Dorked -- Help!To: > >debian-user@lists.debian.org> ----- Original Message -----> From: > d_ba...@012.net.il> Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 10:24 am> >Subject: > System Dorked -- Help!> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org> > After being > warned of impending failure of my oldie but goodie >80gig disk -- I had > placed my root directory there because the installation's partition was too > small and did this successfully -- I moved the >root directory to a partition > on another disk, edited files, ran lilo, seemingly successfully, and voile: > No boot. Get 99's or nothing at >all.Going into a live Debian 7, I mounted > the old and new partitions, copied the modified files (which had been done on > the old version :->>( ) and chroot and tried to re-run lilo. Segmentation > fault. I had been running an up-to-date Sid so maybe that is the problem. The > lilo is >on the partition, not on the live distro.> > Fact is, with certain > combination of cabling, I had the bootloader actually work, load the initrd, > >and start up, but the new root was not connected so could not proceed. So > what can I do about this?> > More:I installed to the live distro >lo and > ran from command line specifying the configuration file and map. This is what > I get:Fatal: Trying to map files from unnamed>device 12 (NFS/RAID mirror down > ?)> Ok, no segment fault. If I use the -q option, it will display my boot > choices.So, what's next?> An more::Found <><by Googling that I can bind > /proc, /dev to chroot and then the installed lilo will run! Same results with > or without /proc binding.> /dev binding got rid of the original error.Boots > up with a load of errors but I am now in a machine called "Kali Linux" I > cannot log on to anything.< <Errors too numerous and fast to see. ACPI, does > not work on this system anyway. Login service failed to start. Etc.So maybe!! > almost there. What else need I do get back to where I was? Something else to > bind?Copy to restore from the original root directory?(Possibly the "user"< > login from the live distro might work (password?), and I could recreate > previous users if need be but that does not touch the other errors.)<
Quoting the relevant query: "So what can I do about this?" Send properly formatted mail, so it is legible ? Cheers, Ron. -- Si vous étiez venue, O belle que j'admire, Je vous aurais offert un dîner sans rival: J'aurais tué Pégase et je l'aurais fait cuire Afin de vous servir une aile de cheval. -- Victor Hugo -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --